Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

26 reviews

rat_girly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Loved this sequel and can’t wait for the third instalment. Pacing was much better than in The Jasmine Throne. The story consistently moved forwards towards a crescendo and plot twist, building to what I assume will be the focus of book 3.

I loved the development of most of the relationships: Priya & Sima, Bhumika & Jeevan, Ahiranyi vs others, and most of all - Rao & Aditya. Queer, boyhood crush vibes. I found Malini and Priya’s relationship to be heavily out of balance, especially given the coloniser/colonised dynamic, but I think that is the point and will hopefully be rectified in book 3.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Confinement and Animal death

mothie_girlie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Blood and Racism

Minor: Sexual content

alphabetmafiamember's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Sexism, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Cursing, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, Suicide, Alcoholism, Torture, and Religious bigotry

talasterism's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

WHAT THE FUCUKKKK /POS

the second half of the book is such fucking sexy dnd warlock shit. someone should make a homebrew of that.
 

WE GOT SMUT=!=!=?^?^?^=!! it was so good i was so happy about it. like sorry bur "try and break me"?! maammmm "let me show you how to break me" even hotter. "just teeth and lips and tongue, punishingly fierce, all devotion" "loving and lovingöy cruel by turns" HHHHHH when she submits to her and says "i know you, i know what you want, i prmoise you, its freely given" WTF

the first 10% f the book i was just trying to remember what happened in the first book but then it got good. i feellike everything was explained so well that even i understood the war tactics, the political intrige intricacies, the jabs. the whole deepa shit? so good. also the pacing was so good and ITS SO WELL WRITTEN!! the themes of water and fire, light and dark, so good.... JUST!! THE WATER!! THE FIRE!!! u guys, u GUYS

"what is the star, but distant fire, reaching for you across the worlds?"

also the whole fucking rao arc killed me, I CARE FOR THIS LIL GUY AND THEN TASHA GOES AND SAYS 

"perpahs all his loved ones would be nothing but effigies for rao to gaze upon, and remember what he had lost" AND THEN HES LIKE I CANT CARE ANYMORE honey bbhbbb r4ewq

last but not least 

when malini was going to lie to priya as a lil betrayal and in turn priya stabs her. HOW FUCKING JUICY WAS THAT. and how funny was it when mailini was like "she was asking priya to die for her based on lies but she needed to win this war more than anything so be it" but then priya stabs her and shes like how daRE YOU BETRAY ME WTF as if you werent betraying her already. i mean its two very different things but cmon double edged sword double edges both ways

oh yes i do feel very conflicted about malini.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and War

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Animal death

drowning

gracewiley's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Such a good sequel to The Jasmine Throne. Would be 5 stars, but some of the battle strategy was too dense for me to follow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Violence

bluberrybooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Misogyny, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Torture

franticfrogs's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

this was such a fantastic sequel, one minor issue i had with book 1 was that i did not care for some of the narrators (Ashok, Vikram…) and their part of the story, but in this book that was not the case at all. 

i found the stories even better than the previous book and i adore how much more focus there was on both the magical side of this world and on Malini and Bhumika’s political schemes. 
loved it, can’t wait for the last book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Body horror, Cursing, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide and Torture

cameronreads's review against another edition

5.0

This book was just as incredible as the first one without a drop of middle book syndrome in sight. Everything felt so complex and realistic in a way that had me completely sucked in. All of the characters were so intricate and flawed in such an interesting variety of ways and this was reflected in the complex relationships between them. The way the world building and especially the religions were expanded on were so interesting - I loved reading about the various beliefs and the sub-sects of them as well as how they interlinked. I once again loved that we got to see from such a wide variety of perspectives and thought it was done masterfully. I can’t believe I’m going to have to wait so long for the third book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, War, Animal death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Lesbophobia and Colonisation

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I generally have trouble keeping track of names, and the dizzying array of point-of-view characters made it too difficult to continue, especially in combination with the slow pacing. It makes it feel like too many people are talking and nothing is happening. Even the very brief battle wasn't enough to help. I tried to read it for two months but it started feeling like a chore so I stopped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Animal death, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Excrement, Suicide, and Sexual content